to provide that. We are all stretched to our capacity and are simply containing

a critical situation, rather than solving it.”

The Red Cross and other agencies have provided most of the clean

water and toilets for the 1.2 million Haitians camping out in temporary

settlements since January.

Reconstruction has been slow because of government dysfunction and

the scale of the disaster and so far only a fraction of the billions of dollars

pledged in foreign aid has been delivered.

Sanitation in Haiti before the quake was already among the worst in

the world – only 17% of the population had access to a toilet, a situation

comparable to parts of Somalia, the Red Cross said.

Although aid agencies had managed to avoid large outbreaks of

diarrhoea or cholera in the camps after the quake, Burnett said the provision of

basic sanitation has been mixed.

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